Uzbekistan Has An Axe To Grind Against Lukashenka

In Tashkent, the Belarusian dictator was urged to take care of his country.

Uzbekistan announced a “series of careless statements”, according to Aliaksandr Lukashenka. This is an echo of his interview with Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, during the interview the possible accession of Uzbekistan to the "union state" of Belarus and the Russian Federation due to economic necessity.

According to ria.ru, a source in official circles in Uzbekistan stressed that Lukashenka's statement "does not correspond ... to the spirit and level of interstate relations."

"It would be wise for highly respected Aliaksandr Rygoravich to deal, first of all, with his difficult internal and external problems," an unnamed official said. Moreover, the official advised not to assess the situation in other countries and comment on their foreign policy. The source stressed that "Uzbekistan, as an independent sovereign state, has a clear vision of its future" and will "continue to follow the path of its own national development strategy."